coleopterousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

coleopterous (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to beetles of the order Coleoptera.
   • 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:

     To test the truth of this anticipation I have arranged the plants of twelve countries, and the coleopterous insects of two districts, into two nearly equal masses, the species of the larger genera on one side, and those of the smaller genera on the other side, and it has invariably proved to be the case that a larger proportion of the species on the side of the larger genera present varieties, than on the side of the smaller genera.